Along with hearing the sound internally, feeling the pulse internally is also essential.  It is now believed that there is a rhythms to elearning systems.  There is a rhythm in our reading and elearning systems, rhythms in our math solving tasks, and rhythms in our basic attention span.  Those children who can sustain a pulse can also sustain their attention.  Rhythms of reading and problem solving become more fluid with the help of musical elearning activities.

There is a little known phenomenon in nature called entertainment.  Entertainment, quite simply, is the tendency for one pulse to imitate another pulse.  Kindergarten teachers are often aware that the speed of their speech and actions will affect their children.   Children may imitate hyperactivity and become hyper themselves.  Teachers who speak slowly to children receive calm reactions.  Our rhythms copy each other.  Two people walking down the street will often begin to walk in the same rhythm.



Biologists note that everything from heart rates to brain waves entrain to other rhythms.  A car mechanic entrains the engine when he or she tunes it.  Examples of entertainment are all around us.

It is possible to use musical activities as simple as clapping or marching to create powerful learning environments where an entire class becomes “in sync” with itself.  Students may become unified in the rhythm, able to learn at an accelerated pace.

Everyday in the life of a child has its own rhythms.  Using entertainment, you can smooth out the transitions between one activity and another.  You can use a song to ease children into quite reading.  You can use music as a signal for meeting time.  You can insert a song during a sleepy afternoon math class to simply wake the students up and charge their brains.

As I have said, everything from brain waves to heartbeats to breathing  can be entrained using music.  It is a powerful tool, one worth recognizing.

Music is Good for Memory
The ability to sequence activities or thoughts and retain them is a necessary learning skill. Because of entertainment and the rhythms of learning, it is a necessary learning skill.Because of entertainment and the rhythms of elearning, it is easier for a child to learn a song or rap than it is to learn a history lesson or math table. The brain seems to work musically – learning with the aid of music becomes almost effortless. It is no coincidence that so many of us learned the alphabet through “The alphabet sings”.

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